Tennis coach on teen sex charge

Joel Cresswell | December 22nd, 2010

A PROMINENT Geelong tennis coach has faced charges in Geelong Magistrates’ Court of having sex with a teenager under his care.

Police allege Andrew McKenzie King, of Newtown, kissed and had sex with the teen. He was charged under legislation that stipulates a person must not take part in an act of sexual penetration with a 16 or 17-year-old child to whom he or she is not married and who is under his or her care, supervision or authority.

In 2009, the girl’s mother dropped her off at Mr King’s home ahead of a joint project the next morning.

Both the mother and daughter, who cannot be named, believed others would also be sleeping at Mr King’s home that night.

But when the mother left, Mr King told the girl the others had emailed to say they could no longer make it.

Police allege Mr King, 34, kissed the girl as they sat in the lounge room together before moving to the bedroom where they had sex.

Mr Morrisey also highlighted the fact police initially told the mother and daughter Mr King had not committed an offence when they filed the complaint in July of 2009.

The girl returned to police with additional information in January this year and police charged Mr King.

Court also heard the girl suffered from anxiety and had been seeing psychologists around the time of the alleged offending.